The semiconductor industry’s globalization and the outsourcing of chip manufacturing have exposed third-party intellectual properties (3PIPs) to various threats, including but not limited to Integrated Circuits (ICs) piracy, reverse engineering attacks, counterfeit ICs, and hardware Trojans. Traditional methods to counteract these threats, such as split manufacture and logic locking using conventional CMOS devices, incur significant overheads. Additionally, side-channel attacks further complicate post-manufacturing security, often requiring additional hardware resources that may not be practical due to area and power constraints. 

In this talk, the combination of logic locking with split manufacture techniques implemented using emerging technologies, Silicon Nanowire (SiNW) Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) and spintronic devices will be presented to show their ability of addressing the aforementioned issues.  Specifically, emerging technologies can provide a promising alternative to conventional logic technologies with potential benefits in both security and efficiency since such devices have unique properties that can enhance the security of ICs against various attacks. Also, the advantages of using emerging technologies ensure the enhanced IC security with low overheads and higher performance. Future directions outline potential areas for further research and development to expand the application of these technologies and improve their effectiveness.

Qutaiba Alasad received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from University of Mosul, Iraq, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA in 2020. He was the head of Petroleum Systems Control Engineering Department in Tikrit University from Oct 2020 to Nov 2023. Currently, he is associate professor at Cybersecurity Department in Tikrit University. His research mainly focuses on the areas of cybersecurity, including but not limited to trustworthy hardware, protecting the design of IC and IP, reverse engineering countermeasures, secured hardware using emerging technology, 3D-IC design, and machine learning security. He is active reviewer in many top journals and conferences, e.g., IEEE Transactions on – Computers and – CAD, Hardware and Systems Security – Springer journals, HELIYON – Elsevier journals, and DAC and GLSVLSI conferences.